Syrup-dispensing jar.



PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

3.0. CALLEQY.

SYRUP DISPENSING JAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNES. 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIAS J CALLEY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. SYRUP-DISPENSING JAR.

- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented rune ae, 1906.

Application filed June 3,1905- Serial No. 263,628.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatvI, ELIAS J. CALLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and-county California, have Jars; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the glass eachvtime the controllin' -valve is raised or unseated to open the disc arge or outlet port, thereby overcoming the necessity of the operator or attendant having charge of the soda-water fountain having to measure by the eye the quantity of syrup or fruit-juice discharged from the jar into the glass placed .to receive the same.

, To comprehend the invention, reference should be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein v t Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view, in side elevation, disclosing the syrup-holding 'ar or receptacle as located beneath an ordinary serving-counter, the controlling valve being illustrated in a e or measuring chamber, and F ig. 2 is a top p an'view of the receivingreservoir connected to the open discharge end of the holding jar or receptacle.

The numeral 1 designates any suitable form of a syrup jar-or receptacle, which in the present case is formed with a reduced outlet-neck 2. This neck is connected to a projecting boss 3 of the vertically-disposed receiver 4 by means of the couphng-rin 5, there being interposed'between the neo 2 and boss 3 an elastic packing-ring 6. By

thismeans a tight joint is formed between the said parts, and leakage thus prevented.

The receiver 4 is divided by the diaphragm 7 into a receiving-chamber 8 and a ga e or measuring chamber 9, there being a (Erect connection between the said receivmgg-chamher and the jar or receptacle 1, the ody of liquid contained in the said jar or receptacle flowing by gravity into and partly filling the said receiving-chamber 8.

Within the gage or measuring chamber 9 works the vertically-movable valve 10, the

of San Francisco, State of invented certain new and" useful Improvements in Syrup-Dispensing.

receiver being prevented by the raised position to open the outlet-port of the ga stem 11 of which extends throu h the feedport 12, formin communication etween the receiving-cham er 8 and the gage or measuring chamber 9, the upper end portion thereof extending through'a guide-opening 13 in the cap 14 for the receiver 4. I

The diaphragm 7 is held in position by 7 means of the vertical tubes 15, leakage between the said diaphragm and the wall of the acking-ring 16. I preferably employ severa of the tubes 15 to facilitate the insertion and withdrawal of the diaphragm, said tubes being so arated,

as shown, serving to maintain t e dia-' phragm in substantially true horizontal position. The tubes 15 extend-through the diaphragm 7, thus acting as vent-tu es for admitting atmospheric pressure to the age or measuring chamber 9 to expedite the dis-,

charge of the liquid therefrom when the outlet-port 17; thereof is-openedn The outletport 17 is formed in the bottom cap 18,which cap screws onto the lower end of the receiver 4 and serves as a removable bottom therefor.

Thelower end of the feed-port 12 is. preferabl enlarged or flared, so as to protide an inc 'ned circular seat 19 for the tapered upper end 19 of the valve '10, while the up er end of the outlet-port 17 is similarl flare to form a seat 20 for the lower tapere end 21 of the said valve 10.

The head 22 of the valve-stem 11, outside of the receiver 4, is enga ed by the inner end 23 of the lever 24, which lever'is fulcrurned to the standard 25, upwardly projecting from the cap 14. The free-end of this lever is normally held upward by the ressure of the spring 26, although in Fig.1 0 the drawings the said lever is illustrated depressed or in the position it assumes when moved to raise or unseat the valve 10 to open the outletport 17 and close the feed-port 12 against the admission of liquid from the receivingchamber 8 into the gage or measuring chamber 9. When the valve stands in this position, the liquid or charge of syrup escapes from within the said gage or measuring chamber 9. The moment the said chamber has emptied itself the person attending to the drawing of the syrupreleases the lever 24, when the same is forced upward, and the valve 10 lowered to This movement of the saidvalve 1O uncovers or opensthe feed-port 12 permitting the liquid or syrup contained within the receivingchamber 8 to flow into and recharge the gage close the outlet-port 17. a

or measuring chamber 9, while the air from said measuring-chamber will ascend into the syrup-jar an'd receiving-chamber. The size of the ga e or measuring chamber 9 is such as to hold t e proper quantity of s p for one glass of soda -water. Hence t e valve 10 should be held raised and the outlet-port 17 maintained opened until the said chamber 9 has emptied itself. B providing thereceiving-chamber eonnecte with the measuringchamber as disclosed herein, it will be ap reciated that thedevice may be readily app to syrup-jars su ported and lying flat in a coollng receptac e, or rack and also overcomes any necessity of applying valve mechanism at the mouth of the jar.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as'new, and desired to be protected by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the receiving and measuring chambers formed of a hollow casing divided by a removable partition inserted ,thereinto, a packi'ng interposed between the edge oi the partition and the inner surface of the tubular casing, an outletf'rom the measuring-chamber, a communicating passage in the partition leading from the receiving-chamber to the measuring-chamber and a valve device for alternately closing and opening the said outlet and communicating passage.

2. In a device of the character described,

receiving and measuring chambers formed of a hollow casing divided by a removable partition inserted thereinto, a detachable cap at one end of the casing carrying said partition and by which the latter may be inserted into or withdrawn from the casing, an outlet from the measuring-chamber, and a valve in said measuringchamber adapted by its movement in o posite directions to alternately open an close the outlet from the measuring-chamber and the communicating passagebetween said chamber and the receiving-chamber.

3. In a device of the character described,

receiving and measuring. chambers formed of a hollow casing divided by a removable partition inserted thereint'o, a detachable cap at one end of the casing carrying said partition and'whereby the latter may be inserted into or withdrawn from'the casing, the connecting means therebetween including a venttube opening to the measuring-chamber and to the exterior of the casing, an the measuring-chamber, and a valve in said measuring-chamber adapted by its moveiedcharacter described,

outlet from,

ment in o posite directions to alternately open and c ose the outlet from the measuring-chamber and the communicating passage between said chamber and the receivingchamber.

4. In a device of the character described, receiving and measuring chambers formed of a hollow casing divided by a removable partition inserted thereinto, a detachable cap at one end of the casing carrying said partition, an outlet from the measuring-chamber, and a valve in said measuring-chamber adapted by its movement in o posite directions to alternately open and c ose the outlet from the measuring-chamber and the communicating passage between said chamber and the receiving-chamber and means for operating said valve mounted upon and'removable with said cap. 7

5. Ina device of the character described, receiving and measuring chambers formed of a hollow casing divided by a removable partition inserted thereinto, a detachable cap at one end of the casing carrying said partition, the connecting means therebetween including a vent-tube opening to the measuringchamber and to the exterior of the casing, an outlet from the measuring-chamber, and a valve in said measuring-ch amber adapted by its movement in opposite directions to alternately open and close the outlet from the measuring-chamber and the communicating passage between said chamber and the re ceiving-chamber and means for operating said valve mounted upon and removable with said cap. I l

6. In a device of the character described, receiving and measuring chambers formed of a hollow casing divided by a removable partition therein, a cap at the upper end of the casing, a detachable ca at the lower end of the casing.having a va ve-seat surrounding an outlet therethrough, a passage in the partition connecting the receiving and measur ing chambers, a valve device in. the measuringchamber ada ted to alternately open and close the sai passage inthe partition and the outlet in the lower cap, and means mounted in the upper capfor actuating said valve device.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ELIAS J. CALLEY.

Witnesses:

N. Av ACKEB, D. B. RICHARDS. 

